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Western Australia’s Building Commission oversees the regulation of building, painting, building surveying and plumbing services. With all these regulatory functions focused within a single agency, our industry and consumers benefit from a more consistent and efficient service. The Building Services...

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There are twenty suspected romance or investment fraud victims in Broome who have transferred a total of $76,684 to Africa since July 2012. The tip-of-the-iceberg figures, which do not take into account money sent to fraudsters in other countries, have prompted a visit to the town by detectives working on Project Sunbird – a joint anti-fraud initiative between WA Police Major Fraud Squad and...

A pair of private landlords who broke tenancy law by making their tenant pay too much bond money, not giving a receipt and not lodging the money with the Bond Administrator, have been ordered to pay $3,000 in fines and costs. Steven and Nava Meyer pleaded guilty to three offences under the Residential Tenancies Act during a hearing at in the Perth Magistrates Court on 2 December 2013. They were...

A backyard car dealer has been fined $6,500 and ordered to pay costs of $1,500 by the Joondalup Magistrates Court for buying and selling vehicles without a licence. Mashari Abdulh Al Shamari of Mirrabooka pleaded guilty on 4 December 2013 to charges of buying and selling vehicles between January 2011 and August 2012 without a licence, in breach of the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act. During this period...

Consumer Protection is urging Western Australians to shop smart when buying gifts online in the lead up to Christmas. “The festive season is a busy time and many consumers will be shopping online to save time and potentially money too,” Commissioner for Consumer Protection Anne Driscoll said. “We all need to be smart when shopping online to make sure that we make the right choice. The range of...

Fill up today if you want to pay less for your petrol – that’s the advice from FuelWatch. On Thursday, 5 December 2013, most Coles Express sites are hiking their ULP price by 15 cents per litre (cpl) up to 158.9 cpl. Most Caltex and Caltex Woolworths sites are increasing their ULP price up to 157.9 cpl, most Gull sites to 156.9 cpl and most Peak sites to 155.9 cpl.. Tomorrow's metropolitan...

A company that manufactures plasterboard products has been fined $40,000 (plus more than $1800 in costs) over a serious injury to the arm of an employee. BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd – trading as BGC Plasterboard - pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe work environment and, by that failure, causing serious harm to an employee and was fined in the Midland Magistrates Court on Monday. In June 2010...

Home owners and tenants are reminded that pool fences and other safety barriers need to be properly maintained to ensure safety for children this summer. The joint warning from Consumer Protection and the Building Commission comes after a recent Coroner’s Court hearing highlighted a situation where there were delays in repairing a self-closing pool security door at a rental property which may...

Western Australians who do not wish to deal with uninvited door to door sellers are being urged to obtain a Do Not Knock sticker from Consumer Protection and display it on their front door or near the buzzer. A WA sticker has been created following a Federal Court ruling in South Australia which confirmed you don’t need to meet a door-to-door salesperson face-to-face to ask them to leave your...

WorkSafe will soon target aged care facilities as part of a nationwide proactive compliance program focused on hazardous manual tasks. The workplace visits will commence in January, with inspectors visiting random aged care facilities to ensure they are adequately controlling the risks associated with patient handling. Inspectors in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern...

Fill up today if you want to pay less for your petrol – that’s the advice from FuelWatch. On Thursday, 28 November 2013, most BP sites are hiking their ULP price by 16 cents per litre (cpl) up to 156.9 cpl. Most Caltex sites are increasing their ULP price up to 155.9 cpl, most Caltex Woolworths and Coles Express sites to 154.9 cpl, most Gull sites to 153.9 cpl and most Peak sites to 152.9 cpl...